Sneed v. Smith

Robert M. Sneed appeals from the district court’s denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 in which he challenged his North Carolina conviction of and consecutive sentencing to a total term of twenty years for one count of forgery and one count of uttering a single check in the amount of $188.90. Finding the evidence constitutionally insufficient to convict Sneed of forgery, we reverse the district court’s denial of the petition in respect of that conviction. Concluding that the district court erred in rejecting Sneed’s claim of ineffective assistance of…